Working Toward Self-Sufficiency

The MDRC recently published a report on early findings from a program for housing voucher recipients in New York City. In 2007, New York City's Center for Economic Opportunity launched Opportunity NYC-Work Rewards, a new test of three alternative but related ways of increasing employment and earnings for families who receive Housing Choice Vouchers to subsidize their rent. This report addresses five key findings from the first two and a half years of followup, informing future research on family self-sufficiency. The Work Rewards program will continue to track participants' outcomes through 2013, with future reports including additional information on results.